The document summarizes the opening sequence for a thriller film. A teenage girl is home alone and hears someone enter the house. She later finds a figure holding a knife behind her in the bathroom. Strands of her hair are then found in her bedroom. The document discusses promoting the film to 15-25 year olds on social media and in schools. It describes how the opening sequence will be shown in a dark classroom to create tension and suspense for the audience.

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The product is a two minute opening sequence for a thriller film.
A teenage girl is seen washing up the dishes while listening to music. The back
door is opened and a dark figure is seen entering the house; the girl realises the
door has opened and goes to lock the door before she looks out to see if
anyone is there. She then makes her way upstairs to the bathroom where she is
brushing her teeth. As she bends down towards the sink, a tall figure is standing
behind her with a butcher’s knife one hand and the girls hair in another. The girl
comes back up to the mirror and the figure is gone. She walks to her bedroom
and finds strands of hair on her table - realising it’s her hair, she touches the
back of her hair and tries to turn on her phone. The phone has an error and the
girl turns around slowly, in shock.
We will promote using flyers, leaflets and social media such as Twitter and
Facebook. This is to access our target audience and make them aware of the
film so they can draw interest to it.

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Our target audience is to a mass audience of male and females between the ages of 1525 years who enjoy watching thrillers and plot twists in storylines. The reason why we
chose this age range is because they are more likely to willingly watch a scary film that
involves uneasiness and excitement since they are unable to experience it in day to day
life. It would be inappropriate for the opening scene to reach younger ages such as 10
year olds since the scene includes some violence and could potentially have
psychological effects on young children; since they are easily influenced by what they
see. We have chosen for our audience to be unisex as there are many females who
enjoy thrillers just as much as males and also people who are looking for a day out with
their friends. Couples might want to see a thriller to experience something different
and fun to talk about later in order to get closer.
We want the audience to experience suspense, tension and surprise when watching
the opening sequence. This can give an indication to the audience as to what to expect
from the rest of the film. We will make it appeal to the audience by including as much
action and detail within the opening to entice the target audience but not give too
much of the plot away.

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The opening sequence will first be shown in A29 in Oaks Park High
School, with the lights turned off and the blinds down. This is to create a
dark, eerie, tense atmosphere which would be similar to the atmosphere
to the sequence so the audience can feel like they are part of the action
themselves. The sound will be loud and the windows will be shut to avoid
outside distractions the reason being that the viewers will be able to
immerse themselves within the action and emphasise the tension and
fear with the music.

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In our product we will film mostly in low lighting, we will film in an average
looking house at night/late evening to keep eerie atmosphere for the
audience and we will use shadows and ambiguity for the viewer to fear the
unknown. This is also used to keep the film realistic as possible to be able
to scare the viewer.
We will also use dramatic irony where the audience will gain knowledge
that the female protagonist is in danger and the stalker is out to get her.
We will be using dark colours to provoke death and evil and mystery to
provide a certain atmosphere for the audience to experience. The
antagonist will be wearing black so it will be easier for him to merge into
the shadows and represent death and fear. The female antagonist will be
wearing pink and blue pyjamas to represent the purity and innocence that
connotes with the colour blue and also vulnerability which connoted
through the colour of pink.

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Our production name is TouchDown Productions; a British production
company. It will start out on a national basis, showing videos to the UK
audience only. After, if we gain attention from other countries, we will be
able to showcase globally; gaining more viewers and fans. Our product
will be distributed through media such as TV, radio, advertisements,
newspapers, magazines and through the internet.

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We are going to represent the female protagonist as a stereotypical
female in the thriller genre as this will allow the viewer to sympathise
with the character and instantly be on her side. The antagonist will be a
stereotypical male that is ruthless and cold in his killings. Having
conventional characters will mean that viewers would know the structure
of a thriller and identify the characters and familiarise themselves with
them; this will make sure that the viewers will get straight into the plot
and not wander who the characters are. We will represent the female
character as a vulnerable and timid girl that is home alone to induce fear
further. This idea has derived from the movie Scream as it shows a male
stalker wanting to kill the female. However we have manipulated this
movie to a more toned down version so it can be seen as realistic as
possible to the viewer.

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We will stick to the typical genre stereotypes of a psychological
thriller as it involves a protagonist that faces death because of a
stalker and undertakes a dangerous situation which they did not
expect to find themselves in. Moreover, a conventional cliff-hanger
ending will entice the viewer and make them wonder what will
happen, resulting in them wanting to watch the film. It will also make
the viewer understand what the general plot is and follow the film.
Furthermore, we will be using good character vs. bad character in
order to emphasise the innocence of the female and how wrong and
sick the stalker really is. Our location of the house maintains a
realistic yet creepy, eerie feel which may create excitement for the
viewers.